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FARMING  OPPORTUNITIES 


YC  59063 


UNIV.   OF  CAL. 
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PiiACH  Orcharji,  Sim  1  a  Lake. 

An  A    DISTINGUISHED    editor    once    offered    the    advice. 

Editor's  "Go  west,  young  man,"  but  it  is  not  on  record  how 

Advice  far  west  he  meant.  He  lived  in  New  York  City,  and  his 
youthful  fellow  townsmen  might  obey  his  injunction  by 
going  to  New  Jersey  or  Pennsylvania  or  Ohio  or  Colorado 
or  California.  Some  chose  to  stop  their  migration  not 
far  from  home,  where  they  could  have  all  the  advantages 
of  wide  acres,  fertile  soil  and  salubrious  climate,  and  yet 
remain  in  easy  reach  of  the  great  centres  of  population; 
others,  with  visions  of  an  El  Dorado  ahead,  sought  health. 


FiVEYEAR-OLD   APHU  OT   TREES. 

wealth  and  happiness  far  beyond  the  bounds  of  what  was 
then  called  civilization. 

I N   recent  years  there  has  been  a  revival   of   the  pioneer  Stay 
sentiment  among  men  and  women  who  have  the  long-  East, 
ing    for   a    free,    outdoor   life.      The    West   has    sent    forth    Young 
its   luring  call   to  dwellers   in   the   thickly   settled   Atlantic    Man 
coast  section,    and   thousands  of   families   have   responded. 
"Distance  lends  enchantment  to  the  view" — the  hopes  of 
full  crops  and  big  profits  in  a   far-away  land  have  often 


2981;^0 


PACKING  PEACHES  IN   THE  ERUIT    BELT 


blinded   the  eyes   to   rare  opportunities   that   wait   nearby,      to  become  farmers,  it  is  more  than  probable  that  he  would 
1  here    is    rich    land    in    the    West,    and    great    fortunes      amend  his   former  instructions  and  say,   "Go  west,   young 
have  been  made  from  it.     No  one  can  dispute  that.      But      man — but  not  too  far." 
the  men  and  women  of   the  East  who   go   there   to   farm 

are  ignoring  the  possibilities  of  a  vast  region  between   the      DERHAPS   the   most  remarkable  phase   of   this  "back-   Back 
Atlantic   and    the   Great   Lakes,    where    they    can    find   soil  to-the-farm"  movement  has  been  the  apparent  readiness    to    the 

just  as  fertile  as  beyond  the  Mississippi,  climate  just  as  of  settlers  to  pay  for  western  land  higher  prices  than  Farm 
healthful,  sky  and  hills  and 
valleys  and  rivers  just  as 
beautiful;  where  they  can 
have  schools  for  their  chil- 
dren, the  most  regular  and 
rapid  railway  accomodations 
that  the  country  affords,  and 
— what  is  most  important  of 
all,  on  the  financial  side — 
the  growing  and  greedy  mar- 
kets of  the  East  close  at 
hand  to  absorb  their  milk 
and  grain  and  hay  and  fruits 
and  vegetables.  If  the  sa- 
gacious Horace  Greeley 
were  alive  today  to  give  ad- 
vice to  young  men  ambitious  There   is   Money   in   Growing  Grapes 


FRUIT   FARMER'S   BUXGALOW,   SENECA   LAKE 


Bridal   Veil   Falls 


are  asked  for  New  York  or 
Pennsylvania  land  equally  pro- 
ductive and  far  more  accessible 
to  the  markets.  This  is  not  the 
day  of  cheap  farms  in  the  West. 
Good  farming  land  within  six  or 
seven  hours  of  New  York  and 
Philadelphia  can  now  be  ob- 
tained for  less  money  than  far 
western  land  with  an  actually 
lower  yield  per  acre.  In  this 
booklet  is  a  list  of  farms  offered 
for  sale  in  the  territory  of  the 
Lehigh  Valley  Railroad. 

The  prospect  of  life  on  a 
farm  is  more  inviting  now  than 
it  was  in  years  past.  "Scientific 
management"  has  done  away 
with  much  of  the  drudgery  that 
made  the  old-time  farmer's  day 
a  round  of  toil.  Labor-saving 
inventions  and  improved  imple- 
ments of  various  kinds,  good 
roads,     telephones,     trolleys — all 


A    WoouLANU   Cataract 


HOLSTKIN    CATTLE    NEAR    GENEVA,    N.    Y. 
The  upward  price  of  butter  is  not  a  source  of  worry  for  the  owner  of  this  herd. 


Where 
Soil 
Is   Rich 


these  have  combined  to  give 
wider  opportunities  for  edu- 
cation, social  intercourse  and 
all  the  things  that  make  life 
worth  living.  And  the  eco- 
nomic tendency  of  the  time — 
the  enormous  growth  of  con- 
sumption— protects  from  the 
fear  of  want  the  farmer  of 
ordinary  industry  and  pru- 
dence. 


UNITED   States   Govern- 
ment  figures   show   that 


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-^ 


Seeded  June 


Alfalfa  u.n  tul  Old  Juu.n  Juiinsun  I'"akm 
1910,  it  yielded  five  tons  to  the  acre  in  1911.    The  picture  shows  the  third  cutting. 


the    average    yield    per    acre 

of  New  Jersey,   New   York 

and     Pennsylvania     exceeds 

that    of   other    States    where 

farming    land    has    recently 

been    in    great    demand.      Wide-awake    farmers    who    are      congested  cities  by  persons  of  small  resources.  Many  a  man 

following  scientific   methods,    in   the   territory    traversed   by      who  invests  his  total  savings  in  a  house  on  a  fifty-foot  sub- 

the    Lehigh    Valley    Railroad,    are   highly   prosperous,    and       urban  lot  could  buy,  with  the  same  amount  of  money,  a  farm 

even    those    who    handle    their   lands    in    the    most    slovenly      of   many   acres — dwelling,   outbuildings,    tools,   growing   or- 

fashion  escape  by  a  wide  margin  the  anxiety  suffered  in  the      chard,  and  even  chickens  and  cows  and  horses. 


City  vs. 
Country 


/^F  course,  the  wisdom  of  a  city  man's  buying  a  farm 
must  depend  upon  that  particular  man's  tastes  and 
talents.  If  he  is  an  incorrigible  "child  of  the  pavements," 
it  would  be  folly  for  him  to  leave  the  city.  He  should 
not  allow  any  temporary  enthusiasm  to  lead  him  away. 
But  if  he  is  confined  to  the  city  through  evil  circumstance 
or  mere  inertia — if  in  his  heart  he  yearns  for  open  country. 


sky,  birds,  brooks,  soft  grass  yielding  under  foot — there 
is  no  good  reason  why  he  should  stay  walled-in.  There 
are  thousands  of  such  men,  who  stay  in  the  city  as  much 
because  they  lack  information  of  farming  opportunities  as 
for  any  other  reasons;  and  it  is  to  point  the  way  to  such 
as  these  that  this  booklet  is  issued  by  the  Lehigh  Valley 
Railroad. 


Seven-Year-Old  Apricot  Orcharu   in    Blossom 

ID 


Apricot  Orchard,  Eight  Years  Old 
This  is  in  the  Finger  Lake  Fruit  Belt,  along  the  Main  Line  of  the  L.  V.  R.  R 

Alluring      T  T  is  not  only  the  home-seeker  of  modest  means,  however, 
Profits  to  whom  the  fertile  lands  of  New  Jersey,   New  York 

and  Pennsylvania  should  present  powerful  attractions.  They 
afford  an  inviting  field  for  the  activities  of  the  capitalist. 
Let  him  traverse  the  Finger  Lake  district  or  the  Susquehanna 
Valley.  Here  may  be  found  farms  where  200  per  cent,  on  the 
investment  has  been  realized.     There  are  a  number  of  farms 


that  will  return  from  25   to 
50    per    cent,    every    year. 
This    may    sound    unreason- 
ably large  as  if  due  to  ex- 
traordinary conditions,  but  a 
little  reflection  will  show  that 
it  is  not.     If  western  farmers 
can  afford  to  pay  for  trans- 
portation thousands  of  miles 
across  the  continent,  on  prod- 
ucts which  have  been  raised 
on   higher-priced   lands,   and 
yet    realize    a    large    margin 
of   profit,    it   is   certain   that 
products    of    jusl    as    good 
quality,    raised    on    soil    just 
as  fertile  but  cheaper,  within 
a     few     hours    of     the     world's     largest     markets,     should 
return  a  much   greater  profit.      Here   is  a   question   worthy 
of  investigation  by  a  capitalist  who  is  looking  for  a  way 
to  use  his  money  profitably:    What  would  a  one-thousand 
acre    fruit    farm,    in   the    Finger    Lake   region,    scientifically 
managed,  return  on  the  investment?      It  is  a  business  prop- 
osition worth  considering. 


ii 


JAPAN    PLUM   URClIAkU 
Notice  the  clean  cultivation. 


Ideal  T"  HE  farms  in  the  territory  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad 

Truck  vary   from  steep  hills   to   level  valleys;   they  will   pro- 

Land  duce  any  except  tropical  products,  and  they  are  even  threat- 

ening California's  "corner"  on  some  semi-tropical  fruits. 
The  soils  vary  from  a  stiff  clay  to  a  light  sand.  There 
are  vast  stretches  of  black 
muck  lands  that  can  be 
made  into  ideal  truck  farms 
when  someone  has  provided 
adequate  drainage. 

Truck  farming  is  every 
year  offering  increasing  op- 
portunities to  persons  holding 
land  within  reasonable  ship- 
ping distance  of  New  York 
City.  The  population  of  the 
metropolis  increased  forty  per 
cent  in  the  last  decade,  and 
the  city  is  constantly  reaching 
farther  and  farther  for  food 
with  which  to  supply  its  in- 
habitants. The  growth  of 
Jersey  City,  Hoboken,  New- 
ark   and    other    neighboring 


cities  has  been  equally  startling,  and  their  food  demands 
correspondingly  insistent.  The  past  year  has  witnessed 
surprising  advances  in  the  prices  of  almost  all  fresh  vegetables. 
Fortunate  is  the  man  who  has  such  products  to  sell  instead 
of   to  buy. 


Grapes   near   North    Hector,   N.    Y. 
A  fair  example  of  hundreds  of  vineyards  along  Seneca  Lake. 

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Three-Vear-Old  Apricot  Trees   in   Bloom 


Figures       T'HE  productiveness  of  this  part  of  the  East  as  compared      year  book  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 


That 
Convince 


with   some  of  the  Western  States  is  indicated  by   the      giving  average  yields  per  acre  for  1910  as  follows: 

Corn 

New  York 38.30  bu. 

Pennsylvania    ....    41.00 

New   Jersey 36.00 

Iowa    36.30 

Ohio    36.50 

Idaho    32.00 

Washington 28.00 

Montana 23.00 


Wheat 

Oats 

Buckwheat 

u.           22.75  b 

u.          14.49  b 

u.          23.00  bu. 

16.38    ' 

14.53    • 

19.50    " 

18.13    ' 

16.32    ' 

21.50    " 

17.85    ' 

10.21     ' 

14.90    " 

14.58    • 

13.02    ' 

18.00    " 

16.15    ' 

'    .        16.17    ' 

00.00    " 

13.44    ' 

20.54    • 

00.00    " 

18.92    ' 

17.48    ' 

00.00    " 

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Pkune  Okchaki),  Twenty   Milks   Soo'th   of   Geneva,   N.  Y. 


Farming     T'HE  possibilities  of  the  land  lying  along  the  Lehigh  Val- 


That 
Pays 


ley  Railroad  may  be  shown  by  a  few  typical  examples, 
of  well  conducted  farms.  The  accompanying  photographs, 
all  of  which  were  taken  along  the  line  of  the  road,  indicate 
what  conscientious  work,  aided  by  science,  can  accomplish 
on  Eastern  soil.  A  few  of  the  good  yields  that  have 
become  a  matter  of  record  may  be  set  down  here  as  indicat- 
ing what  has  been  accomplished  by  men  already  on  the 
ground. 


/^ORN:     170  bushels  per  acre,    average  production  on   Sample 

a  1 3-acre  field.  Wheat:  a  farm  near  Geneva  pro-  Yields 
duced  900  bushels  on  1 8  acres  of  land,  an  average  of 
50  bushels  per  acre.  Oats:  lands  that  two  years  ago  sold 
for  $  1 8  an  acre  produced  70  bushels  per  acre  in  1911. 
Alfalfa  hay:  the  old  John  Johnson  farm,  which  was 
tile-drained  in  1837,  produced  5  tons  per  acre  last  year; 
this  hay  is  of  excellent  quality  and  sells  for  $20  a  ton. 
Potatoes:  the  growers  in  the  potato  belt  along  the  Lehigh 


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THIS   IS   NOT   IOWA   CORN. 
It  is  a  field  along  the  L.  V.  R.  R.,  and  can  be  duplicated  in  hundreds  of  places,  costing  $30  to  $50  an  acre. 


Valley  always  count  on  a 
yield  of  200  bushels  per 
acre,  and  records  of  400 
bushels  per  acre  have  been 
made;  potatoes  are  selling 
this  year  for  a  dollar  a 
bushel. 

Fortunes      ^"'"'^       territory       through 
in    Fruit  which  the  Lehigh  Valley 

Railroad  passes  is  the  prize 

fruit  belt  of  the  East.     The 

apple  orchards  seldom  fail  to 

bring  a  net  return  ot  $200 

per    acre.       In    the    territory 

around     the     Finger     Lakes 

there  are  great  orchards  of  peaches,  plums  and  pears,  yield-      partly  because  of  the  natural  conditions  and  partly  because 

ing  an  average  net  return  of  $300  per  acre.    This  district  is      of  market   facilities.      New  York  leads  the  States  in  dairy 

also  rich  in  vineyards,  some  of  which  run  to  three  hundred      products,   potatoes,    hay,    farm    forests   and   other   products, 

acres  in  size.  and  is  one  of  the  leading  States  in  horticulture." 


Field   of    New    York    State    Cauiiac^es 


Varied 
New  York 


pROFESSOR    L.    H.    Bailey   says,    in    the   Cyclopedia      TT     D.    Voorhees,    former    director    of    the    New    Jersey   New 
of  American  Agriculture:   "Probably  in  no  other  State  "    State    Experiment   Station,    says:     "The   resources   of   Jersey's 

This    is      this   State   in   soil,    drainage,   climate,   season   and   average   Riches 


the 


cult 


e    agriculture    so    varied    as    in 


ied 


ably 

New    York. 


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Working    in    the    Nursery 


rainfall,  the  exceptional  facilities  for  travel  and  communica- 
tion, together  with  the  growing  demand  consequent  on 
the  growth  of  the  large  cities,  the  improved  methods  of 
marketing,  and  the  increasing  dissemination  of  practical 
knowledge,  should  make  the  New  Jersey  farmers  among 
the  most  prosperous  in  the  Union."  Surely  this  is  a 
happy  outlook. 


'yO  the  productiveness  of  Pennsylvania  several  authorities   Business 
have   paid   similar    tributes.       But,    though    these    three   Methods 
States    are   blessed    with    many    profitable    farms,    there    is   Demanded 
room   for  great  improvement   in   the   business   methods   em- 
ployed  by   farmers.      Occasionally    failures   are   heard   of, 
but,  if  the  causes  of  these  were  investigated,  it  would  usually 
be  found  that  not  the  farms,  but  the  slack  business  methods 


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practiced  by  the  owners,  were  responsible.  To  manage  a 
farm  with  the  maximum  of  efficiency  a  man  must  not  only 
be  well  versed  in  the  knowledge  of  agriculture — he  must 
make  himself,  if  he  is  not  one  by  nature,  a  good  business 
man.  Then,  for  the  best  results  a  certain  amount  of  capital 
must  be  available. 

These  three,  knowledge  of  agriculture,  businesslike  meth- 


ods, and  capital — the  capital  does  not  have  to  be  large — - 
are  necessary  to  the  highest  degree  of  success.  But  that 
is  not  saying  that  they  must  be  possessed  at  the  start. 
Eagerness  to  learn  will  lead  to  knowledge;  and  discretion 
will  prevent  the  dissipation  of  capital  while  the  novice  is 
feeling  his  way.  That  success  does  not  come  at  first  is 
no  sure  sign  that  it  will  never  come. 


Nursery   near  Geneva,   N.   Y. 

Millions  of  young  trees  are  propagated  annually  hereabout. 


IT  ROM  Suspension  Bridge  Grain, 

and  Buffalo  the  Lehigh  Hay  and 
Valley  Railroad  runs  east-  Potatoes 
ward  as  far  as  Rochester 
Junction  through  a  limestone 
section.  In  this  region  the 
crops  are  grain,  hay  and 
potatoes.  At  Rochester 
Junction  the  Honeoye  branch, 
running  from  Rochester  to 
Honeoye,  crosses  the  main 
line.  The  territory  along 
this  branch,  a  rolling  coun- 
try, grows  potatoes,  hay, 
grain,  dairy  and  other  prod- 
ucts. 


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Gooseberries    An    Inch    Long 


New  York   State  Cherries 


£xpert        fTROM  Rochester  Juncrion  the  road  runs  through  a  level 
Advice  country    famed    for   its   productive    farms,    to   Geneva. 

Free  This  is  the  seat  of  the  New  York  State  Agricultural  Ex- 

perirrxnt  Station,  an  institution  founded  to  advance  scientific 
agriculture,  from  which  anybody  living  in  the  State  may 
receive  expert  advice,  free,  upon  any  subject  pertaining 
to  the  farm.  Here  the  Lehigh  Valley  forks;  the  main  line 
follows  the  east  shore  of  Seneca  Lake,  while  one  branch 
runs  along  Cayuga  Lake,  the  two  lines  meeting  at  Sayre, 
Pa.,  just  south  of  the  New  York-Pennsylvania  boundary 
line.  It  is  at  Geneva,  also,  that  the  Naples  branch,  which 
penetrates  the  Canandaigua  Lake  district,  joins  the  main  line. 

Finger        T^HIS  part  of  New  York  State  is  known  as  the  Finger 
Lal^e  Lake  Fruit  Belt.      Here  the  Indians,  long  before  Gen- 

Fruit  eral    Sullivan    drove    them    away,    planted    the    first    peach 

Belt  and  apple  orchards   in  America  and   laid   the    foundation 

for  the  vast  vineyards  and  fruit  orchards  seen  by  the  traveler 
of  today.  In  one  year  20,000,000  pounds  of  grapes 
were  gathered  in  this  district,  while  apples  and  peaches 
are  even  more  abundant.  Then  there  are  extensive  nurseries, 
where  millions  of  young  fruit  and  ornamental  trees  are 
propagated  every  year.  Shipments  of  such  are  made  to 
all  parts  of  the  country. 


C  INGLE  orchards  of  three  hundred  acres   are  not  un-  Profits 

common.  The  most  delicate  varieties  of  peaches,  apri-  That 
cots  and  prunes  are  grown,  being  protected  from  injurious  Astound 
frosts  by  the  great  lake  area.  Net  profits  per  acre  realized 
in  the  Finger  Lake  Belt  are  frequently  astonishing.  Fruit 
growers  in  this  vicinity  average  a  net  return  of  $200  per 
acre  on  their  apple  orchards,  while  in  good  seasons  the 
return  has  been  two  or  three  times  that  amount.  Peaches, 
apricots  and  prunes  have  been  known  to  return  as  >  high 
as  $600  an  acre.  The  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  provides 
special  fruit  trains  for  this  section  during  the  harvest,  making 
it  possible  for  the  farmers  to  ship  their  products  with  the 
minimum  of  delay  to  all  parts  of  the  world.  Because  of 
its  superior  quality  the  fruit  grown  in  this  region  is  eagerly 
sought  by   the  markets. 

p'OLLOM^ING   the   fork  of  the   road   that  passes  west  Cayuga 

of  Cayuga  Lake  we  reach  Ithaca,  where  is  the  junction  Lake 
with  the  Auburn  division.  The  Auburn  and  Ithaca  branch 
follows  the  east  shore  of  Cayuga  Lake,  gathering  the  fruit, 
alfalfa  and  other  products  from  that  fertile  section.  At 
Ithaca,  in  connection  with  Cornell  University,  is  conducted 
one  of  the  largest  agricultural  colleges  in  America.  In 
recent  years  it  has  taught  thousands  of  young  men. 


A   Land       A  T    Sayre,    Pa.,    the    various   branches    of    the    Auburn 
of  Fine  division,    coming    from    North    Fair   Haven,    Camden, 

Gattle  Cortland  a"nd  Elmira,  join  the  main  trunk.      On  this  divi- 

sion are  bred  some  of  the  best  Holstein  cattle  in  the 
country,  and  nowhere  are  there  better  opportunities  for 
the  man  who  wishes  to  enter  the  dairy  industry.  From 
Sayre  the  main  line  follows  the  Susquehanna  River  to 
Towanda,  and  thence  to  Wilkes-Barre,  traversing  a  terri- 
tory of  widely  diversified  farms. 

Vast  A  LONG  the  placid  Susquehanna  may  be  seen  vast  fields  of 

Fields  grain,   orchards   and   fields   of  vegetables.      The   hills 

of  Grain    back  from  the  river  are  given  over  to  general  farming,  but 

mostly  to  hay  and  grain.      The  thousands  of  dairy  cattle 

that  graze  on  these  hills  produce  a  considerable  proportion 

of  the  New  York  City  milk  supply. 

At  Towanda  the  main  line  is  joined  by  the  Bowman's 
Creek  branch,  which  runs  through  a  rich  fanning  district. 
At  Tunkhannock,  a  short  distance  above  Wilkes-Barre,  is 
the  junction  with  the  Montrose  branch;  this  serves  a  section 
in  which  the  farmers  devote  themselves  principally  to 
the  production  of  milk,  hay  and  grain,  while  small  orchards 
are  cultivated  in  some  of  the  valleys  with  uniformly  success- 
ful  results. 


WINDING   through   the   Wyoming  Valley,   still   along  The 

the  Susquehanna,  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  reaches  Wyoming 
the  anthracite  coal  region.  Once  a  prosperous  farming  Valley 
land,  its  wealth  now  lies  in  mining  and  kindred  industries. 
From  Wilkes-Barre  the  railroad  climbs  the  mountain  and 
passes  through  the  "Switzerland  of  America."  At  .Penn 
Haven  Junction  the  Mahanoy  and  Hazleton  division  meets 
the  main  line;  its  chief  traffic  is  coal,  but  scattered  here 
and  there  along  it  are  a  number  of  good  farms.  This  is 
likewise  true  of  the  Pottsville  branch,  which  joins  the 
main  line  at  Lizard  Creek  Junction. 

^  O  W  the  railroad  is  running  along  the  river  from  which  Thrifty 
it  took  its  name.      Passing  through  Allentown,  it  pro-  Dutch 
ceeds   to  South   Bethlehem,  where  connection   is   made   for  Settlers 
Philadelphia.      This   section   was   settled   many   years   ago 
by  the  Dutch,  and  they  have  farmed  it  for  many  genera- 
tions,   producing   wheat    and    other   cereals    from    the    rich 
limestone    soil.       These    "Pennsylvania    Dutch,"    as    they 
are   often   called,    also   reap   handsome   profits    from    dairy 
and    poultry    products. 

Crossing  the  Delaware  River  at  Easton  the  railroad 
enters,  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  a  peach  country  that 
in  recent  years  underwent  an  attack  by  the  destructive  San 


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jose  scale.      This  tiny  insect  destroyed  many  of  the  largest 

orchards  in  New  Jersey  before  the  growers  learned  how 
to  combat  it;  but  science  showed  them  the  way,  and  they 
are  rapidly  recovering  from  the  raids  of  the  pest.  In  place 
of  those  destroyed,  young  peach  orchards  have  been  planted 
and  the  famous  Jersey  fruit  belt  is  coming  back  into  its  own. 

How    lo      "yHE  extent  of  the  farming  opportunities  in   the  East  has 
Obtain  heen   indicated   by   this   brief   review.      Any   one   who 

Land  desires  lo  pursue  the  inquiry   further  can  obtain  more  de- 

tailed information.  The  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  Com- 
pany has  organized  an  Agricultural  Department,  the  func- 
tion of  which  is  to  aid  those  who  are  already  farmers 
and  those  who  think  of  becoming  farmers  in  the  Lehigh 
Valley's   territory.      The   Department   has   compiled  a   list 


of  farms  for  sale,  part  of  which  is  published  in  this 
booklet.  The  prices  of  land  range  from  $5  to  $500  an 
acre;  excellent  farms,  well  provided  with  good  buildings 
and  rurming  water,  can  be  purchased  for  from  $40  to 
$50  an  acre. 

If  the  capitalist,  or  homeseeker,  fails  to  find 
herein  &  farm  such  as  he  wants,  he  can  learn 
of  one  that  will  meet  his  requirements  by  apply- 
ing to  P.  H.  Burnett,  Industrial  Commissioner, 
Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  143  Liberty  Street, 
New  York  City  (Telephone,  Cortlandt  4902) ; 
or  to  F.  R.  Stevens,  Agriculturist,  Lehigh  Valley 
Railroad.  Geneva,  N.  Y. 


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No.  I . — 65  acres,  3  miles  from  station  at  Caywood, 
N.  Y.,  now  growing  rye,  buckwheat  and  hay.  The  farm 
is  well  watered  and  will  make  excellent  stock  farm.  Build- 
ings worth  the  money,  or  the  land  worth  the  money  with- 
out buildings.  Small  orchard.  About  6  acres  of  timber 
and  pasture.  Small  house.  Large  barn,  with  basement, 
in  good  shape.  Fences  in  poor  condition.  Price,  $35 
per  acre. 

No.  2.- — 200  acres  on  shore  of  Seneca  Lake,  I  %  miles 
from  Kendaia,  N.  Y.,  on  main  line  of  L.  V.  R.  R.  and 
4  miles  from  Romulus  on  Ithaca  branch.     In  fruit  section; 


A  Good  Crop  of  Oats. 

also  good  for  grain  or  stock.  A  never-failing  stream  runs 
through  ra.vine  which  forms  south  boundary ;  this  ravine 
is  the  only  waste  land,  balance  being  all  high  and  tillable. 
Orchard  of  about  3  acres.  Large  old-fashioned  house 
in  fair  condition.  Good  barns.  Price,  $  1 0,000  on 
easy  terms;  possession  at  orice. 

No.  3. —  40  acres,  three  minutes  walk  from  Sayre,  Pa., 
borough  line  and  2  miles  from  Waverly,  N.  Y.  Two 
houses  and  one  combination  horse-and-cow  barn.  One 
of  the  houses  rents  steadily  to  Sayre  shop  men  for  $8.00 
per  month.     Apple  orchard,  cherry  and  plum  trees.     Two 


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wells,  and  water  in  pasture.  30  acres  of  meadow  land, 
soil  of  loam  and  gravel.  An  ideal  farm  for  berries  and 
garden  products.     School  nearby.      Price,  $4,200. 

No.  4. — 110  acres  under  good  cultivation,  between 
Tunkhannock  and  La  Grange,  Pa.  House,  barn  and 
other  outbuildings;  running  water  in  house,  barn  and  milk 
house.      Price,  $.6,000. 

No.  5. — 70  acres,  3  miles  from  Batavia,  N.  Y. 
Fair  8-room  house,  two  barns.  1 5  acres  pear  and  apple 
orchard.      Price,  $3,500. 

No.  6. — 88  acres  just  outside  a  good  village  on  the 
L.  V.  R.  R.  in  Genesee  County,  N,  Y.  8-room  house. 
Barn  30  x  1  20,  with  stanchion  room  for  40  cows.  2  silos. 
Natural  gas  line  runs  in  front  of  farm  and  can  be  used 
for  lighting  and  heating  purposes.     Price,  $6,000. 

No.  7. — 200  acres,  Batavia,  N.  Y.  1  75  acres  culti- 
vated. Good  I  8-room  house.  Horse  barn  43  x  30,  with 
basement.  Grain  barn  45  x  90,  with  basement.  1  5  acres 
of  extra  good  orchard.  \^  ill  trade  for  Buffalo  or  Roch- 
ester income  property.     Price,  $75  per  acre. 

No.  8. — 2  acres,  2  miles  from  Bound  Brook,  N.  J. ; 
macadamized  road  entire  distance.  8-room  dwelling  in 
good  repair.  Brooder  house  with  hot  water  system.  Stable. 
Two  poultry  houses,  74  x  1  4  ft.  and  80  x  1  4  ft.  4  col- 
ony houses  equipped  with  gasoline  engine,  bone  cutter,  feed 
mill,  feed  mixer,  etc.     Ice-box,  with  capacity  of  1 ,000  lbs. 


Apples,  plums,  peaches,  cherries.-     Poultry  runs  wired  and 
fenced.     Price,  $6,500. 

No.  9. — 30  acres,  I  mile  from  Flemington,  N.  J.,  on 
macadamized  road.  1 0-room  dwelling.  Good  barn. 
1 0  acres  of  winter  grain.  Asparagus  bed,  1 ,000  plants. 
Large  number  of  fruit  trees.  Stream,  meadow,  horses, 
cows,  poultry,  swine,  farming  machinery,  etc.  Immediate 
possession.      Price,  $6,500;  mortgage,  $3,000. 

No.  10. — 160  acres,  Flemington,  N.  J.  Large 
1 0-room  dwelling.  Large  barn,  wagon  house,  hen  houses, 
hog  pen,  shop,  hovel,  and  other  buildings,  all  in  good 
condition  and  painted.  7  acres  of  woodland,  apple  or- 
chard, good  stream.  Excellent  poultry,  stock  and  grain 
farm.      Price,   $8,000;  mortgage,  $4,000. 

No.  II. — 173  acres,  2  miles  from  railroad,  Fleming- 
ton,  N.  J.  Stock  farm.  Frame  dwelling,  fourteen  rooms, 
six  rooms  down,  eight  up.  Can  be  occupied  by  two 
families.  Barn  36  x  1 38,  nearly  new,  room  for  forty 
cows,  eight  horses.  Large  wagon  houses,  hen  houses,  etc. 
Good  stream.  Water  runs  by  gravity  into  barn  and  dwell- 
ing; so  arranged  that  cows  can  drink  at  any  time  from 
stanchions.  About  27  acres  of  meadow,  6  acres  of 
woods;  rich  soil.  R.  F.  D.,  telephone.  Price,  $15,000, 
part  in  cash. 

No.  12. — 48  acres,  ->4  mi'e  west  of  Mendon,  N.  Y. 
Run  down  buildings.  Fruit  for  family  use.  $4,000, 
$1,000  to  be  cash. 


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EUROPEAN    PLUM    ORCHARD,    SENECA    LAKE 


No.  I  3. — 22  acres  in  Tioga  County,  N.  Y.  3  miles 
from  markets  and  L.  V.  R.  R.  station  at  West  Candor. 
20  acres  under  cultivation;  2  acres  timber.  Hill  loam 
soil,  clay  sub-soil;  rolling  land;  no  waste  land.  Well 
fenced  with  wire  and  rails.  Watered  by  springs.  2-story 
9-room  frame  house  in  good  condition,  plastered  and  ceil- 
inged  on  first  floor,  with  two  porches.  One  barn  36  x  40, 
with  basement.  Six  hen  houses,  I  0  x  24,  I  0  x  12,  8  x  10, 
12  X  14,  and  (2)  6x10;  all  buildings  are  in  good  condi- 
tion. Never-failing  running  water  in  house.  Pears,  peaches, 
cherries,  thirty  apple  trees  and  four  grape  vines.  Value 
of  last  year's  crops,  including  hens,  Wcis  $900.  Buildings 
are  insured  for  $700.  Average  yearly  taxes,  $8.  I  mile 
from  school,  >4  mile  from  church,  3  miles  from  creamery. 
Good  roads,  R.  F.  1).,  telephone.  Price,  $1,100;  terms, 
$600  in  cash,  balance  on  mortgage  at  5  per  cent. 

No.  14. — 30  acres  in  Tioga  County,  N.  Y. ;  I  mile 
from  markets  and  L.  V.  R.  R.  station  at  Richford. 
All  in  crops  and  pasture.  Loam  soil,  clay  sub-soil,  half 
level.  All  fenced  with  wire.  2  wells  and  2  springs. 
2-story  1 0-room  frame  house,  sided,  painted  and  in  good 
condition ;  one  porch  forty  feet  long.  One  barn  40  x  60, 
two  hen  houses,  hog  houses,  ice  house,  shop  and  tool  house; 
all  in  good  condition ;  no  repairs  needed.  Apples,  plums, 
grapes  and  currants.  Buildings  insured  for  $1,500. 
Average  yearly  taxes,  about  $12;  1  mile  from  school, 
church  and  creamery,  at  Richford;  good  roads,  R.  F.  D. 
Price,   $2,500   in  cash. 


No.  1 5. — 72  acres  in  Chemung  County,  N.  Y.,  3 
miles  from  L.  V.  R.  R.  station  at  Van  Etten.  45  acres 
under  cultivation,  15  acres  timber;  2,000  cords  of  wood 
can  be  cut.  Clay  loam  soil,  clay  sub-soil.  All  fenced 
with  wire.  Water  supplied  by  two  wells  and  several 
springs.  2-story  8-room  house,  lathed,  plastered,  a  portion 
ceilinged,  in  good  condition,  with  one  porch.  One  barn 
30  X  40,  wagon  house,  sheepshed,  granary,  1 2  x  20,  hen 
house  and  hog  house.  Roof  is  needed  on  the  barn,  but 
no  other  repairs.  40  apple  trees  and  small  fruit.  Y^  mile 
from  school,  3  miles  from  church,  20  miles  from  Elmira ; 
good  roads,  R.  F.  D.,  telephone.  Possession  may  be  taken 
at  once.  Price,  $1,800;  one-half  cash,  balance  at  5 
per  cent. 

No.  16. — 125  acres  situated  in  Cortland  County,  N.  Y. 
About  1 00  acres  under  cultivation,  the  rest  mixed  limber. 
Slate  and  loam  soil,  rolling  or  hilly  land,  no  waste  land; 
all  good  farm  land.  All  fenced,  mostly  with  wire,  some 
rails.  Water  supplied  by  drilled  well  1  26  feet  deep,  with 
windmill.  One  and  one-half  story  1 4-room  house,  well 
finished  and  in  good  condition  with  four  porches.  One 
barn  38  x  48,  with  basement,  cement  floors.  Hen  house 
hog  house,  watertank  house;  all  in  good  condition.  Apples, 
p)ears,  plums,  cherries,  currants  and  gooseberries.  The 
value  of  last  year's  crops  was  $2,600.  The  buildings 
are  insured  for  $2,500.  Average  yearly  taxes  are  about 
$25.  f^  of  a  mile  from  school,  less  than  three  miles 
from  creamery,  markets  and  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  sta- 


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BETTER  THAN  CITY  LIFE,  DON'T   YOU  THINK? 


tion  at  Hartford  Mills;  good  dirt  roads,  telephone.  Pos- 
session can  be  given  immediately.  Price,  $2,800;  terms, 
$  1 ,600  cash,  balance  mortgage. 

No.  I  7. — 3-acre  farm,  Middleton  Junction,  Pa.,  about 
Yz  mile  distant  from  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  containing 
abundance  of  fruit,  and  especially  well  adapted  to  truck 
and  poultry.  Improvements  thereon  consist  of  two  houses 
with  all  necessary  outbuildings.      Price,  $2, 1  00. 

No.  18. — 50  acres,  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Land  rolling 
and  well  watered.  L.  V.  R.  R.  on  farm.  8-room  house. 
Two  barns,  fair  condition.     Bargain.     Price,  $1,600. 

No.  19. — 40  acres,  Bradford  County,  Pa.  20  acres 
in  fruit,  balance  under  cultivation.  Good  springs.  Small 
house.  Barn  and  chicken  house,  fair  condition.  Fruit 
trees  average  from  2  to  5  years  of  age;  some  fruit 
such  as  plums  and  peaches  in  bearing  now.  1 ,000  Spys 
and  Baldwins,  200  peaches,  200  pears,  100  plums,  150 
cherries,    500    asparagus,    15    butternuts.      Price,    $1,200. 

No.  20. — 400  acres,  Bradford  County,  Pa.  350  acres 
under  cultivation;  50  acres  in  woodland.  Well  watered 
and  practically   all   level ;   river  land  on   State  road.      One 


nile    from    good    market.       County    seat. 


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I    mile    trom 

fair  grounds.  Large  dwelling  house.  Several  large  barns, 
silo,  and  various  buildings  in  perfect  condition;  an  ideal 
stock  farm. 

No.  21. — 140  acres,  2  miles  from  Black  Walnut,  Pa. 


Large  house  and  barn,  concrete  stablings.  Buildings  in 
good  condition.  Ice  house.  Large  orchard  of  apples  and 
other  fruit.  Land  under  good  state  of  cultivation. 
Price,  $5,700. 

No.  22. — 50  acres,  I  J4  miles  from  Avery,  Pa.,  station 
on  Montrose  branch  of  L.  V.  R.  R.  Two  barns  and 
two  houses.  Fruit  land  under  good  state  of  cultivation. 
Price,  $2,000. 

No.  23. — 5  acres,  poultry  farm.  Skinners  Eddy.  New 
house  38x38,  10  rooms,  running  water,  porch  8x50. 
Good  new  barn.      Price,  $3,500. 

No.  24. — 100  acres  in  Wyoming  Borough,  Pa.,  branch 
of  L.  V.  R.  R.  running  to  farm.  Under  the  highest 
state  of  cultivation.  Land  runs  from  the  Susquehanna 
River  to  the  mountain ;  now  being  used  for  raising  truck 
products.      Price  on  application. 

No.  25.^ — 5  acres  of  good  farm  land,  I  mile  from 
Mountain  Grove,  Pa.,  station.  6-room  house.  Two  springs 
of  excellent  water,  one  near  the  house,  which  have  never 
been  known  to  fail.  Would  make  a  splendid  chicken  farm; 
land  slants  slightly  to  the  south.     Price,  $550. 

No.  26. — 2  acres  suited  for  a  poultry  farm,  about  3 
miles  south  of  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Well  Watered.  Good 
1  1  -room  house.  About  40  grafted  apple  trees.  School 
within   '_>  mile. 


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FIRST   HOUSE  BUILT   IN   SENECA   COUNTY,   N.   Y.,   NEAR   LODI,    1790 


No.  27. — 80  acres  of  which  60  are  under  cultivation, 
about  4  miles  from  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.  Well  watered, 
with  house  and  barn  in  good  repair.  Young  orchard  of 
about  25  trees.  Buildings  all  in  good  repair.  This  is  a 
bargain  for  the  man  who  wants  a  small  farm.  Price, 
$1,200. 

No.  28. — 127  acres,  Victor,  N.  Y.,  within  3j/  miles 
of  five  markets.  Good  buildings,  all  well  fenced.  Good 
roads.  IY2  acres  bearing  apples,  8  acres  af  apples  4  years 
old  and  4  acres  of  apples  5  years  old.  Price,  $70  per 
acre. 

No.  29.— 208  acres  near  Victor,  N.  Y.  Good  build- 
ings. L.  V.  and  New  York  Central  railroads  pass  through 
farm.  Ideal  place  for  general  farming,  cattle  or  sheep 
raising.     Price,  $20,000. 

No.  30. — 40  acres,  3  miles  from  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  3 
miles  from  Waterloo,  6  miles  from  Seneca  Falls,  1/3  mile 
from  trolley  station;  near  L.  V.  Railroad,  Seneca  River, 
Erie  Canal  and  the  coming  Barge  Canal.  District  school 
Yi  mile,  R.  F.  D.,  telephone.  3  acres  of  good  timber. 
Soil  adapted  to  chicken  raising,  vegetable  crops  and  large 
and  small  fruit;  natural  drainage.  8-room  house  in  good 
repair.  Barn  30  x  40  feet  in  good  repair.  Good  well, 
10  feet  from  kitchen.  Price,  $4,000;  mortgage  now 
standing,  $1,500.      Crops  and  personal  property  also   for 


No.  3l. — 160  acres  in  Dimock  township.  Pa.,  I  mile 
from  railroad  switch,  3  miles  from  creamery  and  railroad 
station.  40  acres  woodland,  original  timber,  good  sugar 
bush.  House  with  1 4  rooms,  with  finished  attic  and 
cellar.  2  barns,  catde  barn  42  x  64  with  sheds,  zuid 
horse  barn  32  x  42  with  basement.  Undeveloped  stone 
quarry  on  farm.      Price,   $6,000. 

No.  32. — 300  acres,  1  mile  from  Geneva,  N.  Y., 
overlooking  Seneca  Lake.  Beautiful  Colonial  house  in 
good  condition.  Barns  with  silo  and  other  modern  equip- 
ments. Good  water  supplied  from  a  driven  well  by  a 
gasolene  engine.  Land  level  and  well  drained;  clay  loam 
soil  in  excellent  tilth.  Adapted  to  any  kind  of  farming, 
particularly  to  fruit.  One  of  the  best  farms  in  the  State. 
Price,   $  1  00  per  acre ;  easy  payments. 

No.  33. — 800  acres,  partly  improved,  at  Wilmot,  Pa., 
2  miles  from  railroad.  50  acres  of  level  land,  the  re- 
mainder rolling.  Adapted  to  stock  and  dairy  farming, 
cereal  and  forage  crops.  Price,  $  1 5  per  acre  on  easy 
payments. 

No.  34. — 85  acres  at  Lehman  Center,  Pa.,  3  miles 
from  railroad,  convenient  to  trolley.  Profitable  stock  and 
dairy  farm,  on  main  road,  ten  minutes  walk  to  village  with 
churches,  stores  and  post-office.  A  beautiful  country  over- 
looking the  picturesque  scenery  of  the  North  Mountain. 
45  acres  of  cleared  land  and  40  acres  of  young  timber; 
creek  running  through.      Barn  in  good  condition.      Owner 


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FRUIT  FARM   OVERLOOKING   SEXI'XA   I.AKR 


states   that  other  business  requires   all   his   time,   hence   the 
low  price.     Price,  $3,500,  part  cash,  balance  easy  terms. 

No.  35. — 50  acres  at  Lehman  Center,  Pa.  Build- 
ings are  worth  more  than  is  asked  for  entire  property. 
Everything  combines  to  make  place  an  ideal  spot  for  country 
home.  House  contains  I  4  rooms,  hot  and  cold  water  and 
bath,  with  steam  heat;  affords  the  pleasures  of  the  country 
in  conjunction  with  the  conveniences  of  the  city.  Ram, 
which  includes  a  covered  barn  yard,  is  practically  new 
and  could  not  be  duplicated  for  $4,000.  Soil  in  good 
state  of  cultivation,  land  level.      Price,  $8,000. 

No.  36. — 80  acres,  J/  mile  from  Clinton,  N.  J.,  L.  V. 
R.  R.  station,  school,  churches,  etc.  8  acres  of  valuable 
timber,  6  to  8  acres  of  meadow  pasture  with  small  stream ; 
pond  of  about  two  acres,  balance  tillable  and  under  good 
state  of  cultivation.  House  containing  1 6  rooms,  cement 
cellar,  outside  summer  kitchen,  laundry,  steam  heat,  hot 
and  cold  water;  water  supplied  from  never-failing  spring. 
Outbuildings  consist  of  large  cellar  barn,  large  modern 
cow  barn  (ties  16  head  cattle)  hovel,  double  wagon 
house  with  corn  cribs,  machine  storage,  pig  pen,  ice  house, 
spring  house  with  ram  and  all  other  necessary  outbuildings. 
Good-sized  apple  orchard,  small  peach  and  pear  orchard, 
and  plenty  of  other  fruit  for  home  use.  All  buildings  in 
first-class  condition.  This  place  is  a  bargain.  Price, 
$6,000;  with  stock,  etc.,  $7,500.  Reasonable  terms  can 
be  arranged. 


No.  37. — 136  acres,  including  3,'4  acres,  well  graded, 
set  aside  for  residence.  Large  lawn,  ornamental  trees  of 
many  varieties,  effectively  grouped,  with  the  entrance  road 
winding  between  them.  There  are  some  200  of  these 
trees — copper  beeches,  lindens,  magnolias,  yellow  wood, 
Kentucky  coffee,  tulips,  English  walnuts,  chestnuts  and 
hickory-nuts  in  full  bearing,  Lombardy  poplars,  gingko, 
pyramid  oak,  horse  chestnuts,  Camperdown  weeping  elms, 
maples  and  others,  in  addition  to  75  or  1 00  fruit  trees. 
The  gateway  and  entrance  on  a  quarter  circle  some  30 
feet  back  from  road,  surrounded  by  level  evergreens  and 
constructed  of  old  surface  stones  with  moss  on  them,  cost 
$300.00.  There  are  choice  fruit  trees  on  each  side  of 
and  in  the  rear  of  the  large  house.  The  house  is  finished 
with  hardwood  trim ;  bath  room  that  has  recently  been 
overhauled,  and  equipped  with  up-to-date  sanitary  plumbing, 
porcelain  fixtures;  running  water  in  both  house  and  stable; 
a  never-failing  supply  furnished  by  wind-mill  from  a  well 
63  feet  deep.  The  farm  buildings  consist  of  a  large  farm 
house,  large  barn,  grain  house,  enclosed  cow  stables,  all 
in  good  condition.  The  water  is  supplied  by  a  new  wind- 
mill from  a  well  over  90  feet  in  depth.  Storage  tank  in 
barn,  with  hydrant  inside.  The  133  acres  include  12 
acres  of  chestnut  timber  and  1 2  acres  of  meadow  land 
with  a  stream  running  through  it.  Land  is  under  good 
cultivation.  Buildings  are  in  first-class  condition,  having 
been  recently  painted  and  repaired;  fences  in  perfect  order. 
Price.  $27,000. 


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•    The  Susquehanna  Valley 
Such  property  may  be  bought  for  $25  an  acre.    Compare  it  with  Western 
land  at  double  that  price.  


No.  38. — 73  acres  near  Kings  Ferry,  N.  Y.  14  acres 
of  timber.  Large  barn,  carriage  house,  medium-sized  farm 
house  in  good  condition.  Three  wells  of  pure  water. 
Grove  of  locust  trees  sufficient  to  keep  place  fenced.  The 
land  about  Kings  Ferry  is  considered  as  good  as  or  better 
than  any  in  New  York  State.  Price,  $3,000,  on  terms 
to  suit  purchaser. 

No.  39. — 1,500  acres  of  rolling  land  at  Spencer,  N.  Y. 
Soil,  silt  loam.  Buildings  scattered  and  in  fairly  good 
condition.  Farm  well  supplied  by  never-failing  spring. 
Land  adapted  to  dairy  farming  and  raising  cereal  crops; 
about  three-quarters  cleared  and  one-quarter  in  second 
growth  timber.      Price,  $  1  5  per  acre. 

No.  40. — 170  acres,  Spencer,  N.  Y.  Comprises 
about  90  acres  of  good  level  land,  about  30  acres  of 
pasture  and  50  acres  of  woods.  Soil  is  deep,  silt  loam, 
and  produces  well ;  pasture  well-seeded ;  woods  contain 
chestnut,  hemlock,  basswood  and  poplar.  Comfortable 
house  and  new  barn  with  concrete  basement,  besides 
smaller  buildings.  Watered  from  springs,  with  a  deep 
drilled  well  for  use  in  emergency.  Orchard  of  apple  and 
cherry  trees.  Telephone.  About  I  mile  from  school. 
Farm  has  pastured  cattle  for  years,  and  so  is  not  worn 
out.  Price,  $3,000;  one  half  cash,  balance  in  easy  pay- 
ments. 

No.  41. — 185  acres  near  Gorham,  N.  Y.,  I  mile  from 
railroad.      Land    very   productive    and    buildings    in    good 


condition.  1 0-room  cobblestone  house  with  slate  roof. 
Large  outbuildings  and  tenant  house.  Farm  has  been  in 
same  family  for  over  a  century;  must  sell  to  settle  estate. 
Price.  $13,500. 

No.  42. — 125  acres,  Paltenburg,  N.  J.  Well  watered. 
Adapted  to  grain  and  stock.  Good  buildings.  Abundant 
supply  of  fruit.     Price,  $6,000. 

No.  43. — 84  acres,  2^  miles  from  Pattenburg,  N.  J. 
60  acres  under  cultivation,  I  4  acres  woodland  and  meadow. 
Property  is  conveniently  situated  and  is  the  very  best  of 
peach  land,  with  abundance  of  fruit  on  at  this  time.  Ex- 
cellent dwelling  house  with  8  rooms.  Barn,  wagon  house 
and  all  necessary  outbuildings.     Price,  $4,000. 

No.  44. — 40  acres,  ly^  miles  from  Pattenburg,  N.  J. 
About  one-half  of  it  set  with  fruit  trees  of  all  kinds. 
Has  the  best  spring  water  in  the  section.  Would  be  a 
good  place  for  a  fish  hatchery,  as  the  water  comes  from 
an  iron  rock  formation.  Good  house  and  outbuildings. 
Price,  $  1  6  an  acre. 

No.  45. — 800  acres  partly  improved,  2  miles  from 
Wyalusing,  Pa.  50  acres  of  level  land,  the  remainder 
rolling.  Adapted  to  stock  and  dairy  farming,  grain  and 
forage  crops.     Price,  $  1  5  per  acre  on  easy  terms. 

No.  46. — 205  acres  at  West  River,  N.  Y.,  railroad 
running  beside  the  farm.  1 2-room  house  and  large  new 
barn,  both  in  good  repair.     Spring  water.     All  level  land 


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except  25  acres,  which  are  slightly  rolling;  nearly  all 
cleared  except  40  acres  of  limber,  worth  about  $1,000 
standing.      Price,  $3,000  in  easy  payments. 

No.  47. — 30  acres  at  Middlesex,  N.  Y.  House  poor 
and  nearly  worthless.  Good  barn  1 8  x  30.  Six  acres 
of  bearing  vineyard  on  farm  and  several  acres  of  peaches 
and  apples.  Never-failing  spring.  Price,  $1,000,  two- 
thirds  in  cash. 

No.  48. — 92  acres,  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  2  miles  from  rail- 
road station.  Splendid  opportunity  for  growing  fruit,  al- 
falfa and  other  crops.  Buildings  good.  Supply  of  fruit. 
Some  timber.      Price,  $7,500. 

No.  49. — 76  acres  on  State  road,  2  miles  from  railroad 
station,  Geneva,  N.  Y.  Suitable  for  all  crops,  especially  for 
fruit  and  alfalfa.      Very  good  buildings.      Price,  $6,250. 

No.  50.— 26  acres.  Oaks  Corners,  N.  Y.  12  acres 
fruit.  Land  all  tillable.  6-room  house ;  good  barn ;  new 
poultry  house,  90  x  1  8  feet;  good  water.  Light  loam  soil. 
Price  very  reasonable. 

For  further  information  apply  to  P.  H. 
Burnett,  Industrial  Commissioner.  Lehigh  Val- 
ley Railroad.  143  Liberty  Street.  New  York 
City  (Telephone.  Cortlandt  4902);  or  to  F.  R. 
Stevens,  Agriculturist.  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad. 
Geneva.  N.  Y. 


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FACTORY    SITES 

THE  INDUSTRIAL  DEPARTMENT 

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Lehigh    Valley    Railroad 

Offers  special  attractions  for  manufacturing  plants  at  a  number  of  cities  and  towns. 
Splendid  locations  with  side  track  facilities  may  be  obtained,  and  many  of  the  towns  and 
cities  are  prepared  to  offer  substantial  inducements  through  industrial  funds. 

Persons  seeking  a  new  location,  or  manufacturers  who  are  dissatisfied  with  present  facilities, 
should  investigate  the  many  desirable  sites  cJong  this  line. 

The  Industrial  Department  is  organized  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  manufacturing  industries 
in  securing  locations,  and  its  facilities  are  such  that  it  can  give  information  and  assistance 
about  available  sites,  where  raw  products  can  be  secured,  rates,  rents,  taxes,  and  labor  in 
the  various  communities  through  which  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  runs. 

Address    all    communications    to    P.     H.     BURNETT,     INDUSTRIAL    COMMISSIONER 

143  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City 


The  Shipper  Who  Wants  the  Best  Service 
Marks  His  Freight 

"Via   Lehigh   Valley   Railroad" 

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Daily  Fast  Freight  Service  to  Almost  Every  Section 

of  North  America 

A  COLLECTION  AND  DELIVERY  SYSTEM  AT  RAILROAD 
TERMINALS  THAT  IS   NOT  SURPASSED  ANYWHERE 


BONDED  LINE    ..    THROUGH  CARS    ..    REFRIGERATOR  CARS 


For  Information  Apply  to  FREIGHT  DEPARTMENT,   LeHIGH  VaLLEY   RaILROAD 
143  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City,  or  to  Nearest  Agent 


Lehigh  Valley  Railroad 

LIST    OF    OFFICERS    AND    AGENTS. 


EXECUTIVE    DEPARTMENT. 

p     n    Tunuia     n-,.;  i„.,.  S  228  South  Third  Street,  Philadelphia,   Pa. 

E.  B.  THOMAS,   President....   J, ^3  ,j,^^^^j,  j,,^^^^^   jj^^^.   y„^^ 

J.   A.   MIDDLETO.V,    Vice-President New    York 

T.    N.   JARVIS,    Vice-President New   York 

L.   D.  SMITH,   Vice-President New  York  and   Philadelphia 

F.  L.   BLENDINGEK.   Assistant  to   Vice-President New    York 

D.  G.    BAIRD,   Secretary Philadelphia,    Pa. 

E.  A.   ALBRIGHT,   Assistant  Secretarv New   York 

.T.   WM.   ROBBINS,  Assistant  Secretarv Philadelphia,   Pa. 

J.    M.    BAXTER,   Treasurer Philadelphia,    Pa. 

C.  J.  KULP,  Assistant  Treasurer Philadelphia,  Pa. 


TRAFFIC    DEPARTMENT. 

T.   N.   JARVIS,   Vice-President 143   Liberty   ,Street,   New   York 


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OPERATING    DEPARTMENT. 

A.  MIDDLETON,  Vice-President u:i   l.iljirly  Street,  New  York 

L.    BLENDINGEK,   Assistant   to   Vice-President New    York 

MAGUIRE,  General   Manager South    Bethlehem,    Pa. 

BARDO,   Asst.    to  Gen.    Mgr South   Bethlehem,   Pa. 

KINNEY,  Superintendent  of  Transportation.  ..  .South  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

MINSHULL,  Supt.   of  Car  Service South   Bethlehem,   Pa. 

.^SHBY,  Chief   Engineer New   York 

MOORE,  Engineer  of  Maintenance  of   Wav South   Bethlehem,    Pa. 

N.   HIBBITS,   Superintendent  of  Motive   Power South  Bethlehem,   Pa. 

F.   CASKEY,   Superintendent  of  Telegraph South    Bethlehem,   Pa. 

H.   FOSTER,  (ieneral   Land  and  Tax  Agent New   York 

H.   BURNETT,   Industrial  Conunissioner New   York 

C.    RO.\CH,  Superintendent   New   York   Division Jersey   City,  N.  J. 

ROSS,   Superintendent  New  Jersey  and   Lehigh   Division Easton,   Pa. 

J.   SHEA,   Superintendent   Wyoming  Division Wilkes-Barre,   Pa. 

J.  GILDROY,   Supt.    Mahanoy  and   Hazleton   Division Hazleton,   Pa. 

\V.   ABBOTT,   Superintendent  Auburn   Division Auburn,   N.   Y. 

T.  O'NEAL,   Superintendent  Buffalo   Division Buffalo,   N.   Y. 

N.   HAINES,  Assistant  Superintendent  Buffalo   Division Sayre.   Pa. 

C.   ROGERS,  Superintendent  Lake  Line Buffalo,   N.   Y. 

I.  POWERS,  Superintendent  Morris  Canal  Division.  .Phillipsburg,  N.  J. 
C.    DAVIS,   General   Agent 6   Broadway,   New   York 


Freight. 

A.   BLOOD.  Freight  Traffic  Manager 143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

C.   BURNETT,  Asst.    Freight  Traffic  Mgr. ...  143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

J.    WOULFE,    (ieneral    Freight    Agent 143  Liberty  Street,  Ncv"  York 

T.  (;R1ER,  Gen.  Coal   and  Freight  Agent ...  143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

S.   WOOD,  Assistant  General  Freight  Agent ..  143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

C.  H.\MII/rON,  Asst.  Gen.        (  -,,       ,         .,,  ,,.  ,       o  «  1      vt   v- 

Freight    AgcTit \  '-'''■'"''"'f  "'  I'onuncrce  Hldg.,  Buffalo,  N.  V  . 

E.  C;RANE,  General  Eastern  Freight  Agent ....  *2U1)  Broadway,  New  York 
J.  HENRY.  Gen.  Western  Frt,  Agt..  Railway  K,\<'iiange  BIdg.,  Chicago.  111. 
T.   MOORE,  General  Foreign  Freiglit  Agent ...  .The  Bourse,  Philadelphia 

A,  STORY.  Through   Freight  Agent Buffalo,    N.    Y. 

F.    DKWE  V.    .Milk    Agent I  43  L'iberty  Street,  New  York 

('.  DA\'1S.  General  Agent ti  Broadwav,   New   York 

DUGAN,    Special    Freight    Agent 143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

C.    BECK,   Chief  of  Tariff   Bureau 143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

I-     i^v-L^o    XT  ...  t:,  ~i     a   \^  t     «    .i-'l"  Oiil  South  BIdg.,  Boston,  Mass. 
K.   D\KR,  New  England  brt.   Agt  |    .j,,  ,,|„„,,.|,  v,lr<-et,  New  Haven.  Conn. 

D'E.  COOPER.  Canadian   Freight  Agent 33   Vonge  St.,  Toronto,  Out. 

B.  W.VLMSLKY,  Commercial  AgcTit.  .  ,  .flul   Union   BIdg.,   Newark,  N.  J. 

.VI.    liAKRES,   Division   Freight  Agent South   Bethlehem,   Pa. 

E.    DENGLEll,  Commercial    .\gent Hazleton.    Pa. 

(!.  Mcdowell,    Division    Frt.  Agt..  .il4  East  Market  St.,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

IIAVDKN,   Division  Freight  Agent Lockhart    BIdg.,  Savre,   Pa. 

S.  .McCREA,   Division  Freight  Agent... 3011   East  State  St.,   Ithaca,  N.  V. 

S.    .M.\TTES,   Commercial    .\gent Drake   Building,    Easton,    Pa. 

P.   HOWELL,  Citv  Freight  Agent 312  (iranitc   BIdg.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

K.   TAYLOR,  Agent 7!)   Wall    Street,   New   York 

W.   MITCHELL,  Agent 900  Chestnut  Street.   Philadelphia,   Pa. 

L.    PAINTER,   Agent .lOO   Park   BIdg.,   Pittsburg,   Pa. 

H.   McDEVlTT,  Commercial   Agent Majestic  BIdg.,   Detroit,  Mich. 

N.    II AIT,   Conunercial    .\gent Rockefeller   BIdg.,   Cleveland,   O. 

T.  JENNEY,  Commercial   Agent 22    Produce  Mxchange,   Toledo,   O. 

J.  TODD,  Conunercial  Agent 144   Ingalls   ItMg.,  Cincinnati,  O. 


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WOLF,  Comniprcial  Agent.  .514  Board  of  Trade  Bldg.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

II.   BRUJCS.  AKent 248  Board  of  Trade,   Kansas  City,   Mo. 

L.  KELI.OCG,  Com.  Agt.  .303  fliamher  of  foniniercc  Bldg.,  .Milwauliee,  Wis. 
R.   J.VRVIS,   Northwestern    Kreiglit   and    Passenger   .\gent. 

404   Metropolitan  Life  Bldg.,  Minneapolis,   Miini. 

Brokerage  Bldg.,  East  Fifth  St.,  St.   Paul,  Minn. 

L.   LYO.V.   Solieiting   Freight   Agent Baer   Bldg.,   Reading,    Pa. 

W.  LVONS,  Solieiting  Freight  Agent..  104   W.  4tli  St.,  Williamsport,  Pa. 

F.    KIRTZ.   Soliciting   Freight  Agent Geneva,    N.   Y. 

H..Cl'LI('K,   Soliciting   Freight   Agent Auburn,   N.    Y. 

A.  RAIITK.  Trav.  Frt.  Agt.,  TOT  Railway  Exchange  Bldg.,  Chicago,  111. 
F.  .lOIIX.SO-N,  Traveling  Freight  Agent 143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

nipori  .vgis..  .J  g,2  j,onadnoek  Block,  Chicago,  III. 


W.  SHELDON  k  Ctl., 


.   WINGATE  i  .lOHN'STON,  Gen.  Agts..  Cnited  Kingdom,*  ,       ,         ...  „ 
17   and    18   Aldersgate   St.,   and    12   Falcon   Avenue.  .  J  ^""'""''    "'^■ 

Passenser. 

S.  LEE.  tleneral  Passenger  AgiTil 143  Libertv  Street,  New  York 

E.   HAMMANN,  Asst.  Gen.   Pass.  Agt 143  Liberty  St.,   New  York 

W.    HAY,  General    Baggage  Agent Soutli   Bethlehem,   Pa. 

E.  COOLEDGE.  Superintendent  Dining  Car  Service Easton,   Pa. 

.1.   SIMMON'S,  General  Eastern   Pa8.senger  Agt. .  1460  Broadwav,  New  York 

.    n.    LINDSAY,    Eastern    Passenger   Agent 1  460  Broadwav,  New  York 

n.    REICH,    Passenger    Agent 1460  BroadwaV,  New  York 

,   F.   THORNTON.  City  Pa.ss.   and  Ticket   Agt S.'j.'j  Broadway.  New  York 

.\.    FOUf'ART,   Steanishij)   Pass^-nger   Agent 94  Broadwav,  New  York 

N".    REED.    Passenger  and   Ticket    Agent 94  Broadway,  New  York 

11.  SNYDER.   Passenger  Agent 143  Liberty  Street,  New   York 

F.  HOLWILL,  Jr.,  City  Pas.-*nger  and  Ticket  .'Vgent, 

30   Flatbush   Avenue,   Brooklyn,   N.  Y. 
W.    PRINGLR,    New  England  Pass.  Agt. .  .3!l  (  hureh  St.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

F,  ANDRKWS,  Di.strict  Pas.'senger  Agent.. 211    Market  St.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

KITTr;EK,  Traveling  Pa.<senger  Agent 211    Market  St.,  Newark,  N.  .1. 

E.   COMINGS,  City  Ticket  Agent 332  State  St.,   Perth  Amboy,  N.  ,1. 

G.  NOBLE,  Southeastern  Passenger  Agent.  .000  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 
H.    SMITH,  City   Passenger  Agent 900  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 

L.  KIRKPATRICK,  Trav.  Passenger  Agt. .  .900  Chestnut  St.,  Philailelphia 
J.  LAMBERT.  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agt. .  .900  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia 
.1.   KELFjY.   Passenger  and  Ticket   Agent ...  131  S.  Broad  St.,  Philadelphia 

W.    HAY'.   District  Passenger  Agent South  Bethlehem,   Pa. 

K.    WEAVER.  Traveling   Passenger  Agent South    Bethlehem,   Pa. 

HELLER.   District  Passenger  Agent.... 36  Public  Sq.,  WilkesBarre,   Pa 

r.    SHAFFER.    Citv   Ticket   Agent PIvmouth,    Pa. 

S.  MILLSPAUGH,  Div.  Passenger  Agt. .300  East  State  St..  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
H.  WINGERT,  Traveling  Passenger  Agt.,  300  East  State  St.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 


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RILEY,  Citv  Ticket  Agent 541    Exchange  fet.,   Gerievi,'  N'.  ¥. 

BUNDY.  Citv  Ticket  Agent 51  Main  St.,  Clinton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

HORNER,  Di.st.  Passenger  Agt. ..6"  Main  St.,  East,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
WHEELER.  GenI  W.  Pass.  Agt. .369  Main  St.,  cor.  Eagle,  Buffalo,  N.Y. 
ROBERTS,  .Michigan  Passenger  Agt.  .205  Majestic  Bldg.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
BROWNELL,  City   Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 

369    Main   St.,   cor.   Eagle.   Buffalo,   N.    Y. 

IjOOMIS.   Pas.senger  Agent North  Tonawanda.  N.   Y. 

PRESCOTT,  Citv  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. .  1  Falls  St.,  Niagara  Falls,  N.Y. 
HAMILTON,  Canadian  Passenger  Agt.  .8  King  St.  East,  Toronto,  Out. 
HILL,   General   Agt.    Passenger   Dept  (      Marniiette   Bids  /     , 

^}b\^t\  Ji^'f!',"^  Pas-^enger  Agt. .  .  ]  140  So  h  Dearbori;  St.  \  '"''"'»8° 
LINDSLEY,  t-ity  Passenger  Agt....(  > 

JARVIS,   Northwestern   Freight  and   Passenger  Agent. 

404  Metropolitan  Life  Bldg..  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
McLKlSH,  Traveling  Passenger   Agt.  .209  Century  Bldg..  Denver,  Colo. 

NONNEM ACKER,  Special  Passenger  Agent Allentown,   Pa. 

INGATE  &  .lOHNSTON,  General  Agts.,  United  Kingdom. .  I  ,  __j„,  x-,,_ 
17  and  18  Aldersgate  St.,  and  12  Falcon  Avenue i  i^"""".  i^' B- 


ACCOUNTING   AND   TREASURY   DEPARTMENTS. 

L.   1).  SMITH.   Vicc-I^i>idcnl New  York  and   Philadelphia 

J.    I.    MORRISON,    General    Auditor Philadelphia,  Pa. 

R.   S.    DorsMAN.    Auditor  of   Traffic Philadelphia,  Pa. 

E.   C.   MANN,   Auditor  of   Disbursements Philadelphia,  Pa. 

G.  C.  ARNOLD,   General  Claim  Agent Philadelphia,  Pa. 

.7.    M.    BAXTER,    Treasurer Philadelphia,  Pa. 

C.  J.    KULP,   Assistant   Treasurer Philadelphia,  Pa. 


I.EGAL    DEPARTMpNT. 

.lOHN    G.    .JOHNSON,    General    Counsel Philadelphia,  Pa. 

E.   H.   BOLES,  General  Attornev 143  Liberty  Street,  New  York 

B.   F.   LA  RUE,  Claims  Attorney 143   Liberty  Street,   New    York 


INDUSTRIAL    DEPARTMENT. 

P.   H.  BURNETT,   Industrial  Commissioner.  ..  143  Lilierty  Street,   New  York 
F.    R.    STEVENS,    Agriculturist Geneva,    N.    Y. 


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Lehigh  Valley  Railroad 

THE  BLACK  DIAMOND   ROUTE 


Double  track 
Stone  ballast 
Block  signals 


Through  a  scenic 

region  famed  as 

The  Switzerland 

of  America 


Between  New  York-Philadelphia  and  Rochester  and  Buffalo, 

and  West  via  Niagara  Falls 

FREQUENT   FAST   TRAINS   PROVIDE   CONVENIENT   COMMUNICATION   BETWEEN 
INTERIOR  POINTS  AND  THE  PRINCIPAL  COMMERCIAL  CENTRES  OF  THE  EAST 


Electric  lighted  steel  trains ;    Buffet-Library  cars ;    Observation  Parlor  cars ;    Dining  cars,  service  a  la   carte 


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